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#§**/~~... TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY ...~~/**§#
##§**/~~.. HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS ..~~/**§##
###§**/~~. CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED .~~/**§###
##§**/~~.. OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. ..~~/**§##
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§**/~~.... BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE ....~~/**§
**/~~..... WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, .....~~/**
*/~~...... THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE ......~~/*
/~~....... CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH .......~~/
~~........ THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE ........~~
~......... SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED .........~
.......... ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ..........
~......... TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR .........~
~~........ ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. ........~~
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*/~~...... THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE ......~~/*
**/~~..... RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL .....~~/**
§**/~~.... BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. ....~~/**§
#§**/~~... THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF ...~~/**§#
##§**/~~.. WATER. ..~~/**§##
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##§**/~~.. TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG ..~~/**§##
#§**/~~... THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ...~~/**§#
§**/~~.... SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, ....~~/**§
**/~~..... TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. .....~~/**
*/~~...... DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE ......~~/*
/~~....... DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. .......~~/
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~......... SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT .........~
.......... FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS ..........
~......... IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. .........~
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**/~~..... MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. .....~~/**
§**/~~.... OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER ....~~/**§
#§**/~~... PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS ...~~/**§#
##§**/~~.. IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE ..~~/**§##
###§**/~~. TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! .~~/**§###
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